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Trophic level transfer of microplastic: Mytilus edulis (L.) to Carcinus maenas (L.).
Paul Farrell,Kathryn Nelson +1 more
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This study is the first to show 'natural' trophic transfer of microplastic, and its translocation to haemolymph and tissues of a crab, and has implications for the health of marine organisms, the wider food web and humans.About:
This article is published in Environmental Pollution.The article was published on 2013-06-01. It has received 1090 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mytilus & Carcinus maenas.read more
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Ingestion of plastic by fish destined for human consumption in remote South Pacific Islands
Alice K. Forrest,Mark A. Hindell +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors document plastic ingestion in 24 species of fishes and show that plastic marine debris is increasingly recognised as one of the greatest threats to global oceans and the humans who depend on them.
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Effects of exposure to waterborne polystyrene microspheres on lipid metabolism in the hepatopancreas of juvenile redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus
Qiang Chen,Weiwei Lv,Yang Jiao,Zhiquan Liu,Yiming Li,Mingqi Cai,Donglei Wu,Wenzong Zhou,Yunlong Zhao +8 more
TL;DR: Redclaw crayfish were exposed to different concentrations of 200 nm-sized polystyrene microspheres for 21 days, and it was found that after 21 days of exposure, the lipid content and free fatty acids in the hepatopancreas and hemolymph decreased significantly, and total cholesterol and triglycerides levels increased significantly in the Hemolymph.
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Full size microplastics in crab and fish collected from the mangrove wetland of Beibu Gulf: Evidences from Raman Tweezers (1-20 μm) and spectroscopy (20-5000 μm)
TL;DR: Raman Tweezers and spectroscopy methods were combined and applied to provide a new method to detect MPs in organisms below 20 μm, facilitating study of the migration and transformation of small MPs in the environment.
An overview of the Black Sea pollution in Turkey
TL;DR: In the last four decades the Black Sea has suffered important changes induced by human activities as mentioned in this paper, and the coming trends will depend largely on human-related menaces, such as pollution, heavy metals, synthetic chemicals, radionuclides sedimentation, acid-rain and hot water.
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Microplastic characteristics in organisms of different trophic levels from Liaohe Estuary, China
TL;DR: A positive relationship was identified between microplastic abundance and the trophic level of organisms, implying that microplastics might transfer along the food chain and accumulate at organisms in higher trophIC levels.
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Lost at sea: where is all the plastic?
Richard C. Thompson,Ylva S. Olsen,Richard P. Mitchell,Anthony Davis,Steven J. Rowland,Anthony W. G. John,Daniel F. McGonigle,Andrea E. Russell +7 more
TL;DR: It is shown that microscopic plastic fragments and fibers are also widespread in the marine environment and may persist for centuries.
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Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife
Emma L. Teuten,Jovita M. Saquing,Detlef R.U. Knappe,Morton A. Barlaz,Susanne Jonsson,Annika Björn,Steven J. Rowland,Richard C. Thompson,Tamara S. Galloway,Rei Yamashita,Daisuke Ochi,Yutaka Watanuki,Charles J. Moore,Pham Hung Viet,Touch Seang Tana,Maricar S. Prudente,Ruchaya Boonyatumanond,Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria,Kongsap Akkhavong,Yuko Ogata,Hisashi Hirai,Satoru Iwasa,Kaoruko Mizukawa,Yuki Hagino,Ayako Imamura,Mahua Saha,Hideshige Takada +26 more
TL;DR: Model calculations and experimental observations consistently show that polyethylene accumulates more organic contaminants than other plastics such as polypropylene and polyvinyl chloride, and PCBs could transfer from contaminated plastics to streaked shearwater chicks.
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Ingested Microscopic Plastic Translocates to the Circulatory System of the Mussel,Mytilus edulis(L.)
Mark Anthony Browne,Awantha Dissanayake,Tamara S. Galloway,David M. Lowe,Richard C. Thompson +4 more
TL;DR: The data indicate as plastic fragments into smaller particles, the potential for accumulation in the tissues of an organism increases and further work using a wider range of organisms, polymers, and periods of exposure will be required to establish the biological consequences of this debris.
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Synthetic polymers in the marine environment: A rapidly increasing, long-term threat
TL;DR: Marine plastic debris is divided into two categories: macro, >5 mm and micro, <5 mm, which provide potential danger to marine ecosystems from the accumulation of plastic debris on the sea floor and the potential bioavailability of compounds added to plastics at the time of manufacture, as well as those adsorbed from the environment.
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Plastic Resin Pellets as a Transport Medium for Toxic Chemicals in the Marine Environment
Yukie Mato,Tomohiko Isobe,Hideshige Takada,Haruyuki Kanehiro,Chiyoko Ohtake,Tsuguchika Kaminuma +5 more
TL;DR: Field adsorption experiments using PP virgin pellets demonstrated significant and steady increase in PCBs and DDE concentrations throughout the six-day experiment, indicating that the source of PCBs, DDE, and nonylphenols is ambient seawater and that adsor adaptation to pellet surfaces is the mechanism of enrichment.